Chapter Summaries

Shawn learned that faith could let gods reshape the world, but he suspected the system was storing and lending him faith that did not truly belong to him. He used the silver faith in the pool to strengthen Kunikuzushi, then turned his attention to the Blood Curse in his palm.

• Shawn received the faith creation ability and realized that the system could use faith stored in its pool, making him wary of its unknown owner and autonomy.
• Shawn decided to treat the system as a learning tool and avoid gathering believers or building temples until he understood or controlled it.
• Shawn concluded that Death would be limited outside the Realm of the Dead because he had few believers in the living world.
• Shawn poured all 928 points of silver faith into Kunikuzushi, whose wand trembled with excitement as purple lightning surrounded it.
• Shawn put away the evolving wand and examined the Blood Curse in his palm.

Shawn used golden faith to claim the Blood Curse and completed his Animagus transformation into a white Yinglong. After frightening Daphne, he briefly greeted the guests at the Greengrass reception, then headed to the basement to explore the curse’s other uses.

• Shawn deduced that Herpo the Foul had created the Blood Curse to guide transformed wizards to Albania for a ritual, and that Voldemort had learned Herpo’s secrets through Nagini.
• Shawn infused the Blood Curse with golden faith, absorbed it into his bloodline, and transformed into a complete white Yinglong.
• Daphne found Shawn in his dragon form, panicked, and told him that Wenge had sent her to fetch him because the reception had begun.
• Shawn changed back, went downstairs, greeted the guests, and told Wenge to bring Astoria to him before heading to the basement.

Draco visited Hogsmeade as the Ministry expanded the village and watched Alice resolve a dispute over the Hog’s Head through a carefully negotiated compromise. Alice, Draco, Wenge, and Astoria reached the Magic Throne’s concealed headquarters, where Percy revealed its grand palace.

• Draco arrived in Hogsmeade and wandered through the village’s extensive construction work.
• Aberforth threatened to fight the Ministry employee who planned to demolish the Hog’s Head, and Alice offered to move the pub and build a replica in its place.
• Alice led Draco toward the meeting, while Draco reflected on her Ministry role and Percy’s secretive Oversight Department.
• Alice and Draco met Wenge and Astoria, who had joined the Poker Sequence, and the four continued toward the headquarters.
• Percy gave them an address, and the Fidelius Charm revealed a towering palace where the courtyard had appeared to be.

Percy gathered the Throne’s core members and senior Ministry and Pentagram officials at the revealed palace for the semiannual loyalty test. The fire curtains exposed the attendees’ differing loyalties, and the assembly waited before the empty throne when a dragon roared overhead.

• Percy passed a note around to the twenty-eight expected attendees and led them into the palace after silencing their chatter.
• Percy announced the loyalty test, and Alice and the other core members passed through all three curtains of fire.
• Draco took his seat among the core members, while Lucius crossed the second curtain and Fudge crossed only the first.
• Most attendees stopped after the first or second curtain, and the fire barriers faded to reveal the occupied seats and their updated rankings.
• Percy arranged the remaining attendees in two lines before the empty throne, and a dragon roared above them.

Shawn transformed into his Yinglong Animagus form to open the Magic Throne meeting, where Percy announced new Sequence regulations and the Pentagram’s formal subordination to the Throne. Dennis passed the fire trial and became Hufflepuff’s first Sequence member, while the reorganization of England’s Ministry of Magic began.

• Shawn revealed his Yinglong form, returned to human shape, and ordered Percy to announce the new regulations.
• Percy declared that the Pentagram would come under the Magic Throne and explained new paths to earning Sequence Cards.
• Dennis asked Shawn for another attempt at the fire trial and walked through the purple flames unharmed.
• Shawn gave Dennis a nine of diamonds and named him the first member of Hufflepuff’s loyalty Sequence.
• Shawn dispelled the fire curtain after Fudge, Lucius, and Acrylics hesitated, and Percy began announcing the reorganization of England’s Ministry of Magic.

Shawn reorganized the Ministry of Magic into a centralized system, assigning trusted allies to key offices while retaining control over senior appointments. After the meeting, Hermione received a secret message from Shawn and accepted an important task.

• Percy announced the Ministry's new bureaus, inspection departments, army, and leadership appointments, including Dennis as head of the Auror Office.
• Shawn declared that appointments would be reviewed after six months, then adjourned the meeting and vanished in a surge of magical power.
• Fudge and the officials praised Shawn and pledged their loyalty, recognizing his supreme authority.
• Hermione found three tiny playing cards depicting the Mirror of Erised and a note that Shawn had slipped into her hand.
• Hermione read the note, looked startled, and resolved to carry out Shawn's task.

Shawn arrived in Albania to inspect the suspected temple of Herpo the Foul, where Tom said dangerous defenses had already killed three wizards. After Shawn sensed Theodore was being pursued, he flew off to help, with Tom following.

• Shawn Apparated to the Albanian excavation site and dispersed three spells aimed at him by the guards.
• Tom explained that the temple's restrictions were dangerous and that Gringotts Curse-Breakers had been hired to handle them.
• Shawn learned Theodore had gone to capture Old Nott and discovered that Theodore was being pursued.
• Shawn flew toward Theodore's location, and Tom followed him from the nearly cleared temple entrance.
• Shawn and Tom heard a woman threaten Theodore, who was carrying Old Nott, as green spells flashed through the forest.

Shawn and Tom arrived in Albania to rescue Theodore from Bellatrix, then confronted Voldemort, whose strange condition gave him immense power. As Tom fought Voldemort, Shawn prepared to join the battle but hesitated at what he saw.

• Theodore fought Bellatrix and her followers while carrying the unconscious Old Nott, until Shawn and Tom arrived and Shawn's lightning slashes killed the bounty hunters.
• Shawn tried to capture Bellatrix, but Voldemort appeared, stopped Tom's water-chain attack, and challenged Shawn and Tom.
• Tom warned Shawn that Voldemort was not resurrected but was unusually powerful, then transformed into black mist and attacked him.
• Shawn told Theodore to take Old Nott back to the Temple Ruins, then summoned lightning swords with Kunikuzushi and flew into the battle.
• Shawn entered the black mist ready to strike Voldemort, but became dumbfounded when he saw Voldemort and Tom fighting.

Shawn discovered that Voldemort was using an Obscurus body and coordinated with Tom to counter him. After Shawn's Yinglong Patronus exploded at close range, Voldemort was left vulnerable to Tom's prepared green attack.

• Shawn tested Finite Incantatem against Voldemort's Obscurus energy and found that the two forms of magic could dissolve each other.
• Shawn sent his Purple Rainbow Swords against Voldemort, but Voldemort's body rapidly healed from the resulting wounds.
• Shawn summoned a powerful Yinglong Patronus, whose aura weakened Voldemort's dark energy as they fought.
• Tom continued preparing a green magical attack while Shawn drew Voldemort toward him and shielded him with the Patronus.
• Shawn detonated the Patronus beside Voldemort, tearing his body apart, and Bellatrix warned him of a sneak attack as green filled his vision.

Tom’s soul-targeting curse disrupted Voldemort’s control of the Obscurus, which became a mindless monster before exploding and allowing Voldemort’s soul fragment to escape. Shawn and Tom returned to the Temple Ruins, where they found several groups confronting one another at the entrance.

• Tom’s curse struck Voldemort’s soul, severing his control over the Obscurus and awakening the host’s suppressed will before the Obscurus devoured it.
• Shawn drove back the rampaging Obscurus with his lightning halberd, but it detonated and blasted him into the sky.
• Voldemort’s soul fragment emerged from the crater, threatened Shawn and Tom, then escaped underground while evading Tom’s curse.
• Shawn and Tom returned to the Temple Ruins and found several groups facing off outside the main entrance.

Theodore held the Temple entrance against the goblins and International Aurors until Shawn and Tom arrived. Shawn then severed the hidden faith link connecting Theodore to Herpo the Foul, leaving Theodore dazed as Shawn supported him.

• Theodore confronted the goblins, cloaked figures, and International Aurors at the Temple doors, refusing Councilor Rola's order to let them pass.
• Rola ordered the Aurors to restrain Theodore, and he fought back with a Shield Charm, a stored spell, and Killing Curses.
• The Aurors overwhelmed Theodore with their attacks, and he began retreating into the Temple before a purple electrical net blocked their Killing Curses.
• Shawn and Tom arrived, and Tom attacked the Aurors while Shawn told him not to kill anyone.
• Shawn comforted Theodore as Theodore's uncontrolled magical energy surged, then recognized a hidden link to Herpo the Foul and severed it with a strike into the Temple.
• Theodore became dazed, and Shawn hurried to support him and ask if he was all right.

Shawn investigated the temple while Tom subdued the Aurors outside, then tried to stabilize Theodore, whose soul was being corrupted by dark faith power. After finding a dangerous, viper-sized passage and no safe way to proceed, Shawn left with Theodore, while Tom remained at the ruins.

• Shawn examined Theodore and found his soul in turmoil, then gave him golden faith power and protected him with an electrical shield.
• Tom used his Bone-Handled Wand to defeat the Aurors, while Rola threatened Shawn and was tortured with the Cruciatus Curse.
• Shawn entered the temple, found that its curses intensified his urge to become a viper, and discovered a narrow passage opening in the floor.
• Shawn failed to damage the black crystal walls and decided not to force his way deeper into the temple.
• Shawn warned Tom against forcing entry, gave the Aurors healing potions, and Apparated away with Theodore.

As the new school year began, Hermione struggled to balance her electives with investigating the missing young witches and wizards. Shawn advised her to delegate so she could pursue all twelve subjects, then led the students from the train to Hogwarts after clearing the storm.

• At King's Cross, the reorganized Wizard Police patrolled under Commissioner Dennis while Shawn waited aboard the Hogwarts Express with his companions.
• Draco left the prefects' carriage to find Harry, while Hermione worked through documents about the missing children.
• Hermione asked Shawn whether she should take all twelve subjects, and he advised her to delegate tasks rather than shoulder everything herself.
• Hermione decided to reconsider her workload, and Shawn encouraged her to take a break before they left the train.
• At Hogwarts, Shawn dispersed the storm clouds with a spell and led the students toward the school as his third year began.

Theodore awoke with strange new powers, warned Alice that Old Fawley could not be trusted, and set out to confront people slandering the Chief. Half a day later, Shawn led Hogwarts students into the feast and watched an unusually large group of new students being sorted before the doors opened again.

• Theodore woke at the Black family home, controlled his aura, and used mysterious magic to awaken Old Nott under the Imperius Curse in Albania.
• Theodore confronted Alice at the dragon farm, warned her that Old Fawley could not be trusted, and left after she concealed their encounter from the workers.
• Theodore learned that Moody, Sirius, and Lupin were slandering the Chief and headed toward them with his Ace of Spades and a bronze sword-shaped mask.
• Shawn led the Hogwarts students into the Great Hall in orderly lines, then sat at the Slytherin table beside Draco and Astoria.
• Professor McGonagall brought in a larger-than-usual group of first-years, and the great doors suddenly opened again as the Sorting Ceremony neared its end.

Moody, Sirius, and Lupin arrived at Hogwarts after being attacked in Hogsmeade, and the Sorting Ceremony resumed amid tension among the professors. Dumbledore announced new teaching appointments and revealed that Hogwarts would host a five-school Triwizard Tournament instead of Quidditch, leaving the students in uproar.

• Moody burst into the Great Hall, stopped the enchanted storm, and taunted Shawn while the Sorting Ceremony was underway.
• Sirius and Lupin arrived soaked, and Lupin told McGonagall that the three of them had been attacked and separated in Hogsmeade.
• McGonagall resumed the Sorting Ceremony while Sirius and Snape glared at each other across the High Table.
• Dumbledore announced that Hagrid would teach Care of Magical Creatures, Moody would teach Defence Against the Dark Arts, and Lupin would teach Wizarding Ethics.
• Dumbledore announced that Quidditch was canceled for an expanded five-school Triwizard Tournament, prompting loud protests from the students.

Dumbledore announced the Five-Wizard Tournament and its age limit, prompting Shawn to make his own announcements about Hogwarts students joining the England National Quidditch Team and his return of Ravenclaw’s Diadem. The Grey Lady confirmed the diadem was genuine and praised Shawn, while Dumbledore and Flitwick examined it.

• Dumbledore announced that Hogwarts, Beauxbatons, Durmstrang, Ilvermorny, and Koldovstoretz would compete in the Five-Wizard Tournament, with Champions required to be at least seventeen and Sirius Black serving as their coach.
• Students protested the age limit on Shawn’s behalf until Dumbledore promised him a benefit to be revealed in October.
• Shawn announced that he had been named captain of the England National Team and would select players from Hogwarts’ four Houses to reinforce it.
• Shawn presented Ravenclaw’s Diadem and formally offered to return it to Hogwarts, prompting Flitwick and Dumbledore to examine it.
• Sirius questioned whether the diadem was genuine, but the Grey Lady appeared and confirmed that it had belonged to her mother, Ravenclaw.

At the start-of-term feast, the Grey Lady confirmed the Ravenclaw Diadem was genuine, and Dumbledore realized Shawn had found four of Voldemort’s Horcruxes. Shawn revealed his appointment as Deputy Headmaster and challenged Sirius’s place at Hogwarts, but Dumbledore arranged for Sirius to remain a Champions’ instructor with lessons held in Hogsmeade before starting the feast.

• The Grey Lady identified the Diadem as Ravenclaw’s relic, and Flitwick celebrated its return to the house.
• Dumbledore recognized the Diadem as a Horcrux and inferred that Shawn had already found four of Voldemort’s Horcruxes.
• Sirius demanded permission to punish Shawn, and Shawn produced a Ministry decree appointing him Deputy Headmaster and questioned Sirius’s fitness and early release.
• Dumbledore accepted Shawn’s appointment but proposed that Sirius continue as the Champions’ instructor with lessons moved to Hogsmeade.
• Shawn warned that Sirius could lose access to Hogwarts if he behaved rudely, and the students booed Sirius before Dumbledore began the feast.

After Sirius’s clash with Shawn, Shawn took Ravenclaw’s Diadem to the Ravenclaw Common Room and placed it before the Founder’s statue. Rowena Ravenclaw’s magic gave Shawn permanent authority over Ravenclaw House, while Shawn and Grey disappeared from the present time and space.

• Harry regretted bringing Sirius to Hogwarts after seeing the tension between Sirius and Shawn, while Sirius joined Harry for dinner at the Gryffindor table.
• Moody watched the earlier confrontation closely, then slipped away before the feast ended.
• Ravenclaw students escorted Shawn to their Common Room, where Dumbledore and the other professors were stumped by the Door Knocker’s puzzle until Dumbledore arranged for it to waive the questions.
• Shawn suggested adding mathematics, physics, and chemistry courses, but Dumbledore opposed the idea and pointed to the magical technology institute in Hogsmeade.
• Shawn placed the Diadem before Ravenclaw’s statue, and a glowing goshawk appeared as Rowena Ravenclaw granted him permanent authority over Ravenclaw House.
• The Grey Lady entered the light, and Dumbledore reassured McGonagall and Flitwick that Shawn was safe; Snape then asked whether Shawn and Grey had left their time and space.

Shawn met Rowena Ravenclaw in a strange vision, where she explained that his memories of another life had awakened because he was a native soul reborn in the Wizarding World. Rowena then sent Helena away so she could speak privately with Shawn.

• Shawn entered a temple resembling Ravenclaw's ancient sanctuary and was led to the Hogwarts Ravenclaw Common Room.
• Shawn met Rowena Ravenclaw and Helena, who had already reunited with her mother.
• Rowena told Shawn that he was not a transmigrator but a native soul reborn with memories of a previous life.
• Rowena explained that readers' faith could have created the magical world, which now existed as a real world alongside theirs.
• Shawn asked whether Rowena was alive or a god, and Helena tearfully blamed herself for hurting her mother.
• Rowena reassured Helena that she had guided events to keep her daughter alive, then asked her to leave so she could speak with Shawn alone.

Rowena Ravenclaw explained that she existed as a memory sustained by those who remembered her and revealed how she had used Helena to infiltrate Herpo the Foul’s temple. She trained Shawn in magic and faith, then asked him to oppose Herpo and eventually use faith reserved for Death to restore Helena from her ghostly state.

• After Helena left, Rowena explained her unusual existence as a memory sustained by the living and described the loneliness of that form of immortality.
• Rowena revealed that she had guided Helena to sacrifice the Diadem’s faith at Herpo the Foul’s temple, intending both to infiltrate it and to ensure Helena became a ghost.
• Rowena warned Shawn that Herpo the Foul was an ancient, powerful enemy whose aims included destroying the world, and challenged Shawn’s resolve to oppose him.
• Rowena taught Shawn about the Founders’ conflict with Herpo, his temple, magical theory, and faith until Shawn’s knowledge neared the legendary realm.
• Rowena told Shawn not to deliberately gather faith and instructed him to oppose Herpo and, when strong enough, take faith reserved for Death to restore Helena.